http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/netbooks.intel.winners.in.q3.share/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/macbookpro17-mattesm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Notebooks rode a massive wave of demand in summer, according to new IDC data. Shipments of mobile processors attached to the systems jumped 35.7 percent compared to the spring and grew more than three times faster than for desktop processors, which advanced 11.4 percent at the same time. Server processors like Intel's Xeon and AMD's Opteron saw their sales grow by 12.2 percent over the period.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/netbooks.intel.winners.in.q3.share/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/idc.spring.us.sphone.sales/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/blackberrycurve8900-att.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite a major phone launch, Apple's iPhone lineup was just edged out by Research in Motion's BlackBerry devices in US sales during the spring, according to IDC. Despite a high profile launch, the iPhone 3GS came in second while the BlackBerry Curve series took the lead. Of the top five, three were BlackBerries and included the original Pearl in third place as well as the AT&T-only Bold in fift... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/idc.spring.us.sphone.sales/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/15/idc.prelim.q2.2009/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/macbookpro13inch.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has sunk a full position in the US computer market during the spring, according to early estimates by IDC. The Mac producer is expected to have dropped from fourth place in the winter to fifth in the spring as it should have shipped 12.4 percent fewer computers than it did a year earlier, falling to 1.21 million Macs. Its market share is poised to remain the same at 7.6 percent but will ha... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/15/idc.prelim.q2.2009/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/30/abi.on.netbook.as.main.pc/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/asuseeepc904hd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Only about a tenth of computer buyers would consider using netbooks as their main systems,... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/30/abi.on.netbook.as.main.pc/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/11/idc.sees.pc.growth/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/macbookpro-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />IDC is projecting worldwide PC shipment growth of 15.2 percent in 2008, reaching 310 million units. The analysis firm predicts that growth will remain in the double-digits through 2010, followed by high single-digit growth through 2012, boosting annual shipments to over 472 million in 2012. Meanwhile, the fall in average PC selling price will be offset by an ongoing transition to sale of notebooks... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/11/idc.sees.pc.growth/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/25/mobile.growth.slowing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/nokian82.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Growth in the mobile phone industry is expected to slow to the single digits going forward from this year, according to market research firm IDC. Last quarter saw a rise in unit sales of 11.6-percent, with the previous holiday quarter fluctuating between 18- and 30-percent. Despite the slowing growth, more than 300 million mobile units were sold during the quarter, which is a record for any quarte... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/25/mobile.growth.slowing/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/02/idc.on.notebooks.in.2008/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/macbookliteconcept.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />This year should represent the first where notebooks overtake desktops in units sold for the US, says new data from research firm IDC. The company notes that sales of portables in in the US climbed by 21 percent last year to 31.6 million systems while desktops dropped by roughly 4 percent, to 35 million. This rate should continue long enough to place notebooks on top sometime this year, IDC note... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/02/idc.on.notebooks.in.2008/ Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:10:00 GMT